Law enforcement officials searching for the aircraft found the wreckage near Morton, about 50 miles west of Lubbock, Texas. The FAA says all three people aboard were killed but had no details on their identities.

Investigators from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board have been dispatched.

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